Harpoon Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Boston, Massachusetts USA

pours such an opaque black that I hold it up to the light and cannot see anything. thin tan head. nose of choclate and mocha is strong. some brandy in there as well. kinda like smelling a double-fudge brownie. flavor is loads of bittersweet baker’s chocolate and dark truffle. pretty heavy. aftertaste is bitter choclate. thick and oily. pretty freaking good.

Held to the light this beer becomes opaque. Very black with a slight foamy brown head. Not very carbonated but the growler I had sitting in the fridge for a week so that may have been my fault. The smell, as by the name, smells strong with a chocolate flavor. Somewhat coffee in nature the smell bursts out from the first pour. Has a slight almond smell as well. The taste is smoky, somewhat with that same chocolate and coffee flavor to it. Almond and a soft hop taste rounds this brew out. If you are not used to a stout with this type of taste it may take you a sec to get used to it. The mouth feel is a bit strong. Since I like a beer that is a bit strong I was quite happy with the results. My first real experience with a beer that was chocolate flavored. I was quite happy to say that I enjoyed it very much. Serving type: growler

excellent beer. Aroma is awesome as well as the appearance. Chocolate dances everywhere, start to finish. This brew was a really nice surprise. It reminds me alot of Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, except it doesn’t really have that thick creaminess to it. It mouthfeel is a little light. Makes for a great after dinner/dessert beer.

Cocoa Aroma. Dark Brown color. Slight hops taste with nutty and cocoa finish. Fantastic Beer. I hope Harpoon brings this one back next winter!

Draft at Capone’s. Pours dark brown toward black with off-tan head. Nose is roasty dark malt, dark choc, with a sweet, chocolatey taste, with dark malt, molasses, and a rich, solid palate complexity. This one was smooth as silk, like French silk pie.

Poured black with thin tan head. Aroma was chocolate and more chocolate. Flavor is roast malts, sweet malt and tons of cocoa and dark chocolate. Full body. Smooth. Very good Sweet stout.

The pour is dark brown with clear brown edges and thin tan head. The aroma is full yummy fudgy fig brownie and a sense of dark roastiness. The taste is nice and chocolaty like followed by figs, peaches, vanilla, fudge and some dark roasted malts. Wow, lots of rich flavor going on here. Yum.

Pours very dark with a lite brown forming head. Smell and taste the chocolate malts. Very smooth and sweet. Good ale from Harpoon.